A case report of a young girl with mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary

Authors :: In Ho Lee
Kyeong A So
Mi Kyung Kim
Tae Jin Kim
Yoo Kyung Lee
Hyun Mi Lee
Ki Heon Lee
Source :: Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korean Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health; Korean Society of Gynecologic Endocrinology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy and Minimal Invasive Surgery; Korean Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine; Korean Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korean Urogynecologic Society, 2016.
Abstract: Ovarian tumors are relatively rare in children and adolescent. The incidence of malignancies in these groups is 1% to 1.5%. The common histologic type is non-epithelial type such as germ cell tumors or sex cord-stromal tumors and only 10% to 17% of those are epithelial tumors. It is important to accurately diagnose in the early these rare tumors for proper staging and treatment to save the patient's life and fertility. We present a case of a 13-year-old girl with a giant ovarian mucinous borderline tumor.

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